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Title: Account of the encounter between the French and English fleets off the islands of St. Christopher and Nevis, West Indies, January 1782
Creator: Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794, author
Date Created and/or Issued: 1782-01
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Manuscripts
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Description: Autograph account, written by Destouches, of the (now called) Battle of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Frigate Bay, which took place in January of 1782. Several key individuals are mentioned, including Admiral Hood. The French fleets were under Admiral Grasse. The account is written on pages 1-3; page 4 is blank. Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent: 1 letter (4 p.) ; 22 cm.
Identifier: mssDE 26
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/10141
Language: French
French
Subject: Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794
Grasse, Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788
Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816
Frigate Bay, Battle of, Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1782
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations
Military records France 18th century. (aat)
Military records United States Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat)
Personal papers France 18th century. (aat)
Source: Papers of Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches, 1754-1804 (bulk 1780-1781) ; Orderly Books of the American Revolution.
mssDE Box 2
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased from the American Art Association, 1926.

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